A Makurdi based Chinese owned agro allied company, Pure Biotech company Limited that is into production of ethanol used by pharmaceutical companies and alcoholic beverages says it will soon commence production of organic fertilizer.
Corporate Communication and Public Relations Manager of the company, Mr. Stephen Numbeve who made this known to journalists in Makurdi during a press briefing recently, said following improvement on their plant as a result of an accidental discharge of untreated effluent with sludge from the company into River Benue which led to the sealing off of the company for two weeks, the plant was well positioned for maximum productivity.
According to Numbeve, the company has acquired land for the establishment of a school with modern learning facilities, adding that the company has also sunk additional two boreholes in addition to the one earlier sunk in the area as part of its corporate social responsibility.
While dispelling the rumour that the company was owned by Governor Samuel Ortom, the Corporate Communication and Public Relations Manager maintained that the company has a vision to become a leading environmentally friendly company in Benue State and North Central Nigeria.
He said the plant has completed environmental impact assessment (EIA) process duly approved and are awaiting EIS certification by Federal Ministry of Environment.
Mr. Numbeve added that the company has procured and installed a state-of-the-art effluent treatment plant worth over #7.5 billion with a view to pre- treating, recycling and re-using by products to avoid waste.
Fielding questions from newsmen about losses that the company incurred during its two weeks shutdown, he said the company incurred unquantifiable losses amounting to millions of naira.
He said there was a functional Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) already installed but management was not given an opportunity to conduct the NESREA team round the plant during its visit for an on-the-spot assessment, a development that led to the two weeks sealing off of the company.
It will be recalled that NESREA had sealed the company for a period of two weeks for not meeting safety standards.
